Loan Watch 2012-2013

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Comment about Angus McDonald, lifted from Winchester City's fans site...(he comes from Winchester)

"I was there at crawley and Angus is a superb player he had an excellent deput for the mighty gulls and is already a favorite with us Torquay fans two games two clean sheets two wins."

unused sub today though.

[Friday's Legacy]

wednesday fans are raving about antonio.

[Upper West Ginger]

wednesday fans are raving about antonio.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/late-arrival-antonio-enjoying-whirlwind-time-at-wednesday-1-4332252

Late arrival Antonio enjoying whirlwind time at Wednesday

By Ian Appleyard
Published on Saturday 10 March 2012 08:04
MICHAIL Antonio’s decision to delay his move to Sheffield Wednesday should have made life easier.
His wife was eight months pregnant and the Reading winger needed to be at home.
Three months on, he could be forgiven for looking tired.
The sleepless nights, the change in routine, the pressures of added responsibility. All are taking a toll. And none of this is down to the new baby.
Antonio’s first two weeks at Hillsborough have been a whirlwind.
He made his debut in the Steel City derby against Sheffield United, saw his manager sacked three days later, and then scored twice against Bury in his first game under new manager Dave Jones.
If the Owls can win today against Bournemouth, they could even nudge the Blades out of the top two.
Compared to all that has been going on at work, his home life has been plain sailing.
The Antonios have moved up to Sheffield and are settled until the summer. Maybe longer. That depends how things work out on the field.
“I won’t say I have found it easy. Getting to a new club, you have to find your feet,” he reflected. “But it has been good to join a club and make a mark as quickly as possible.”
To be fair, the last three years have been a whirlwind for Antonio, never mind the last two weeks.
In February, 2009, he was still playing non-league football at Tooting and Mitcham United but was then snapped up by Reading on a two-year deal.
The Royals decided to broaden his experience by sending him out on loan to Cheltenham. He spent the following season on loan at Southampton and the next as a regular in the Reading side.
He was loaned out again, at the start of the current season, to Colchester United before being targeted by the Owls.
Initially, Megson wanted the 21-year-old to replace an out-of-form Jermaine Johnson. By the time of his arrival, however, he was a replacement for an injured star performer.
Jamaican international Johnson came back to the boil and scored a string of spectacular goals before suffering a knee injury against Chesterfield on February 18.
Fortunately for the Owls, Antonio filled the gap. Unfortunately for Megson, he was sacked.
“I had just come to the club when Gary Megson got sacked and I started to get a bit shaky,” he admitted. “But football is an unpredictable game and anything can happen at any time. As a footballer, you just have to do what you get paid for and carry on, come in, and train hard.
“It’s not a shock. There are always things happening in the background in football. Sometimes players know, sometimes they don’t,” he added.
“Gary Megson came in for me in November but my Mrs was pregnant. I just thought it would be very difficult to sort out the move at that time and the pregancy and the baby came along only a month later.
“It probably was the right choice to leave it until now because I wouldn’t really have felt right if I had been away from my baby and my Mrs. It’s more convenient now and we are living in a flat together.
“The baby (a boy) started sleeping through the night after a month which was good. As I am training, the Mrs does the night feeds – but once I get home from training, I look after him. I am so happy that my whole family could come and enjoy this whole experience with me.”
Although the Owls have 12 league games to go, Antonio signed for a 93-day period (the maximum permitted under Football League rules relating to emergency loans) that includes the possibility of the play-off final.
What happens between now and then will shape the futures of both parties.
“Right now, I don’t now how Reading are thinking so I need to concentrate on my performance and whatever happens, happens. My contract runs until the end of next season and I don’t really know where I stand,” he admitted.
“I just view this as getting games. Sheffield Wednesday is a very big club and this is a great opportunity. I’m just trying to get my head down and perform as well as I can.
“I am my biggest critic so I set myself high targets,” he stressed. “As a winger, I like to get a lot of assists and crosses into the box. I want to average 10 crosses a game and score four more goals.”
In terms of league targets, Antonio says the Owls are still not giving up the fight for the title – despite being 14 points adrift of leaders Charlton Athletic.
“For the club, it’s all about getting promotion,” he said. “Right now, it’s Sheffield United who are on top of us and we need to go for them. But, as soon as we get their spot, we go for Charlton. But basically, it’s all about getting that promotion so we get to the Championship and play where I feel this club should be.”
New manager Jones was full of praise for Antonio’s midweek performance and is excited about developing his potential.
He views wingers as an important part of the game and made a point of recalling Mike Jones against Bury to ensure the Owls had natural widemen on both flanks.
With Johnson out for another six weeks, Antonio’s arrival has been a case of better late than never.

[FiNeRaIn]

He was a god for southampton too. He shits all over everyone in that league...then pays for us and looks like someone who has never played professional football before.

[Wimb]

He was a god for southampton too. He shits all over everyone in that league...then pays for us and looks like someone who has never played professional football before.

Maybe the difference is regular starts. He's never had more then what... 2/3 in a row here?

[paultheroyal]

He was a god for southampton too. He shits all over everyone in that league...then pays for us and looks like someone who has never played professional football before.

Maybe the difference is regular starts. He's never had more then what... 2/3 in a row here?

It's exactly that. This lad is quality. He needs a run of games and to be settled. He goes on loan knowing no pressure and will start every week. Unfortunately for him at Reading he knows he only plays if one of the wingers are injured and is bombed out soon as they are fit.

Delighted for him. A great goal yesterday and nice wing play for the assist.

[Barry the bird boggler]

He was a god for southampton too. He shits all over everyone in that league...then pays for us and looks like someone who has never played professional football before.

Yes while, of course, McAnuff, Kebe, Kanu are 100% magnificent in every game they play for us

During that run of 2/3 games he had for us earlier this year he was starting to look like someone who could make it at this level.

[sandman]

He improved in the Brizzle game but that wasn't hard to do after the Hull game where he was dire and the Stevenage sub appearence where he should've scored. He seems to spend most of his time tripping over the ball, decision making is poor, his crossing leaves a lot to be desired and he seems to still be a little too raw for the Championship.

His situation is a bit like James Henry a couple of years ago and he probably needs to move on for the sake of his career. Far better to concentrate on developing Obita imo.

[Simon's Church]

Still think Kanu is far too tentative in the majority of the games he plays an think Antonio is better at making things happen.

Think Manset came on as a sub in his first game for Shanghai which was a 1-1 draw.

[Friday's Legacy]

He was a god for southampton too. He shits all over everyone in that league...then pays for us and looks like someone who has never played professional football before.

his last couple of performances for us he was superb, and a fantastic cross on him too. the lad just needs a run of games. look at how many games kebe goes missing for us but stays in the side. antonio needs that as well. he was awesome for colchester (they still talk about him), then saints who wanted him permanently, and now wednesday who if he carries on will also want him permanently.

promotion for us could be bad for his reading career, but if we stay down then he could be a key player next season. certainly giving hal robson-kanu a run for his money.

[melonhead]

his last one game for us was good, not superb.



the one before that was ok.



agreed though, it just looked like he needed a run in the team to get himself going.

[Pseud O'Nym]

Think Manset came on as a sub in his first game for Shanghai which was a 1-1 draw.

After an hour I believe, didn't score.

Also came on in the 79th minute in a 3-2 defeat at Beijing Guoan.

[Friday's Legacy]

Obita scores again. Two for Gills now.

Ugwu scores again for Ebbsfleet.

[biscuitman]

Obita on a hat trick

[Friday's Legacy]

Obita on a hat trick

3 in 2 now is it? Doing well in a better side.

[Simon's Church]

Another assist for Antonio as well

[Friday's Legacy]

and brett williams continues to impress at northampton with another goal.

[sandman]

Two good goals from Obita. Great strength for the first and a calm measured finish for the second.

[paultheroyal]

Antonio taking the plaudits again for Wednesday. A great run and cross for their first and a jinky run and shot hitting the post being just some of his contributions.

[LoyalRoyal22]

Jordan Obita has the potential to be a star like Sig. Seen the lad in pre-season and he looked awesome, had some impressive reviews by some big names in football aswell